Parliament
Appointed Speaker of the House in the Good Parliament, 1st to hold the position
Historical events in 1376
19 historical records
January 13762 historical events
Speaker of House of Commons
Appointed Speaker of the House in the Good Parliament, 1st to hold the position
March 13761 historical events
Treaty Renewed
The Bruges truce is renewed as negotiations continue.
April 13764 historical events
Parliament
Appointed Speaker of the Commons "to speak" for the Commons in the Good Parliament
Speaker of House of Commons
Appointed Speaker of the Commons "to speak" for the Commons in the Good Parliament
Parliament
Presides over the "good Parliament", the Treaty of Bruges is renewed for another year
Good Parliament
The Good Parliament criticized royal taxation and several of Edward III's advisers, reflecting growing political pressure during the king's final years.
June 13762 historical events
Death of Edward the Black Prince
Death of Edward the Black Prince
Death of Edward the Black Prince
Death of Edward the Black Prince
July 13761 historical events
Succession
Declared heir to the throne
August 13763 historical events
Abdication
Marches into Constantinople & takes his father, John V, prisoner
Arrest of John V Palaeologus
Marches into Constantinople & takes his father, John V, prisoner
Siege of Constantinople
Marches into Constantinople & takes his father, John V, prisoner
November 13761 historical events
Death of John of Gaunt
After the death in 1376 of his older brother Edward of Woodstock (also known as the "Black Prince"), John of Gaunt contrived to protect the religious reformer John Wycliffe, possibly to counteract the growing secular power of the church
December 13762 historical events
Succession
Names Richard II as his successor
Succession
Edward III names Richard II as his successor, then aged 10
Succession
Succeeds as King of Denmark
Death of Simon de Langham
Death of Simon de Langham
Succession
Succeeds as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire